The Border Star

Official Publication of the Civil War Round Table of Western “Studying the Border War and Beyond”

THIS WEEK IN THE WAR: Cassville, the county seat of Barry County, Missouri, served from October 31 through November 7, 1861 as the Missouri Capitol in exile under Governor and later served as a Union Post for most of the Civil War. See information in the calendar for October 29, 2011 for the reenactment at Cassville. October 2011

The Civil War Round Table of Western Missouri From “Blood & Ashes: How should we remember the border war?”

2011 Officers A guerrilla war is unlike a regular war. If you lived here, there was no escaping President ------Mike Calvert the border war. “This is a story about normal people, civilians, who are caught in st 1 V.P. ------Pat Gradwohl the middle,” Carol Bohl said. Bohl is president of the Missouri/Kansas Border 2nd V.P. ------Art Kelley Secretary ------Karen Wells War Network and director of the Cass County Historical Society. “They got hit Treasurer ------Beverly Shaw by the and the . It didn’t matter which side you were Historian ------Barbara Hughes on; it was about where you lived . . . It was really the worst kind of civil war.”

Board Members The government didn’t sanction the guerrilla war so there was no official Delbert Coin Karen Coin Terry Chronister Barbara Hughes recognition of the suffering of civilians and their losses. The only consistent rule Don Moorehead Kathy Moorehead seemed to be that it was forbidden to physically hurt white women. Beyond that, Steve Olson Carol Olson all bets were off in what was some of the most brutal fighting of the Civil War Liz Murphy Terry McConnell era. Terror was both a method and a goal. “This was not a stand-up war with uniformed, flag-carrying massed troops charging one another in open combat or The Border Star Editor Dennis Myers even the confusion of the typically disorganized battlefield; it was thousands of 12800 E. 48th Street S. brutal moments when small groups of men destroyed homes, food supplies, stray Independence, MO 64055 soldiers, and civilian lives and morale,” Michael Fellman writes. (816) 769-6490 If you lived in this area, your political views were a matter of life and death. Meetings 2nd Wednesday of each month Neutrality was not allowed, according to Mike Calvert, President of the Civil 7:00 p.m. War Round Table of Western Missouri. “You had to choose a side and you never Villages of Jackson Creek knew whose side was coming to your door . . . It was personal and bloody, 3980-A S. Jackson Drive especially on the civilian population.” People lied about their neighbors for (lower level) revenge or survival. Nobody was blameless in this war, according to local Independence, Missouri residents and historians. Visitors Always Welcome!

Annual Dues From talking points of “Legacies of the Civil War” (Johnson Individual ------15.00 County Library, October 25, 2011) Family ------25.00 Student (under 21) ------5.00 Newsletter Only (no meetings) 10.00 Use of Code for Entrance and Exit at the Villages of Jackson Creek For Information Mike Calvert ------836-1013 Our meeting place is very generously provided by the Villages of Jackson Beverly Shaw ------225-7944 Creek, an Independence assisted living and nursing care facility. We meet Art Kelley ------373-4101 in the eastern wing of the building which is occupied by the assisted living

Mailing Address clients. In the evening the front doors are secured and can only be CWRTWM accessed by the keypad with the code 1207*. When you leave after the P.O. Box 3019 meeting, please be sure to utilize the keypad rather than forcing the doors Independence, MO 64055 open. Once you have entered 1207*, you will need to stand directly in front of the doors to activate them. If you have a problem, you can call **** NEW Website ***** Beverly on her cell phone number (816) 225-7944 to ask for assistance. www.CWRTWM.org

CWRTWM Calendar Living History at Union Cemetery, Kansas City, MO Saturday, October 1, 2011 – 3:00 p.m. Civil War Bus Tour to Lexington, Missouri Union Cemetery, 227 E. 28th Terr., Kansas City, MO. Saturday, October 8, 2011 – 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. To celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of John Pickup at Truman Road and Main Street, Independence, Calvin McCoy, the father of Westport and Kansas City, MO. $48 which includes transportation, lunch, and all volunteers in costume will tell the story of early Kansas fees. Combined trip with the Civil War Round Table of Citians such as McCoy, Alexander Majors, and George Kansas City. Send check to Attn: Paul Gault, 7118 N. Caleb Bingham as their graves are visited. No charge Congress Ave., Kansas City, MO 64152. For further info but donations are welcome to support the Union call Beverly Shaw at (816) 225-7944. Cemetery Historical Society. A reception hosted by Westport Historical Society will conclude the tour at the October 2011 Membership Meeting Sexton’s Cottage. Wednesday, October 12, 2011 – 7:00 p.m. Villages of Jackson Creek (lower level), 3980-A S. Raytown Historical Society Ambassadors Jackson Drive, Independence, MO. Barbara Hughes: Monday, October 3, 2011 – 10:00 a.m. Portraying Caroline Quantrill, the mother of Missouri Raytown Historical Society, 9705 E. 63rd Street, guerrilla, William Clarke Quantrill, she will use first Raytown, MO. “The Civil War Ends.” person, music, historical replicas, and PowerPoint to give an in-depth look at the man who was either loved or Women in Missouri during the Civil War hated. Monday, October 3, 2011 – 7:00 p.m. Riverside Library, 2700 N.W. Vivion Road, Riverside, October 2011 Board Meeting MO. Barbara Hughes will portray Laura Flanery in a Wednesday, October 19, 2011 – 7:00 p.m. vignette as a woman forced out of her home who walked Home of Beverly Shaw, 17313 E. 51 Terr. Ct., to Texas from Jackson County. Other selected women’s Independence, MO. stories will be shared through PowerPoint, music and replicas. To register call (816) 741-6288. Other Civil War Events Abe Lincoln Live! The Civil War in Johnson County, Missouri Friday, September 30, 2011 – 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, October 4, 11 & 18, 2011 – 3:00 p.m. Plaza Library, 4801 Main St., Kansas City, MO. Family Historic Johnson County Courthouse, 308 N. Main, fun night features Larry Greer portraying Abraham Warrensburg, MO. Lifelong Learning from the Lincoln and Walter Coppage as Frederick Douglass. University of Central Missouri presents wartime history, Register by calling (816) 701-3481. music, and stories. Joseph Beilein begins on Oct. 4 with “Guerrilla Men, Rebel Women, and Household War in Walk with Civil War Spirits Civil War Missouri.” Dr. Jessica Cannon continues on Friday, September 30, 2011 – 7:00 p.m. Oct. 11 with “Music from the Civil War Period.” The North Park, 1500 S. Jefferson Parkway, Harrisonville, Lizard Creek String Bank will perform. The series ends MO. A candlelight walk through the woods to meet and on Oct. 18 with Anne Mallinson and Nancy Jackson talk with spirits of Cass Countians who experienced the Lewis who will present “Woe and Wrack upon Us All.” war. Featured figures will be Rachel Boone, a freed slave and mother of musician Blind Boone, guerrilla Archie Cass County Folklife Festival Clement, and Senator Francis Marion Cockrell. For Saturday, October 1, 2011 – 9:00 a.m. more info call Beverly Shaw at (816) 225-7944 (cell). North Park, 1500 S. Jefferson Parkway, Harrisonville, MO. Civil War Drills/Demos at 9:45 a.m., Civil War Civil War Women Come Alive Skirmish-Order No. 11 at 2:30 p.m., and Civil War Wednesday, October 5, 2011 – 7:00 p.m. Skirmish at 4:00 p.m. Also period music, dance and North Oak Library, 8700 N. Oak St. Trafficway, Kansas food. For further info call (816) 380-4396. City, MO. Stories shared through first person interpretation of both Union and Confederate women Tour of Mt. Memorial Cemetery, Liberty, MO such as tales of spies and nurses and wives who lived Saturday, October 1, 2011 – 10:00 a.m. through the war. To register call (816) 436-4385. Meet at the entrance to the cemetery on the campus of William Jewell College. Enter from Miller Street and continue up the hill.

2 Divided Loyalties – Civil War Documents Visit St. Wallace Grove, Pitcher Cemetery, Devil’s Backbone, Joseph, Missouri Wednesday, October 5, 2011 – and Big Blue Bridge. Lunch on your own. December 18, 2011, 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. St. Joseph Museum, 3406 Frederick Ave., St. Joseph, MO. Divided 2:00 p.m. – Quantrill Society Headquarters opens at Loyalties: Civil War Documents from the Missouri Courthouse Exchange restaurant, 113 W. Lexington State Archives will be on display. Ave. Books & Exhibits.

William C. Harris: Lincoln and the Border States 4:00 p.m. – Quantrill Society Annual Meeting at Thursday, October 6, 2011 – 6:30 p.m. Courthouse Exchange, 113 W. Lexington Ave., Central Library, 14 W. 10th Street, Kansas City, MO. Independence, MO. Award-winning historian William C. Harris will talk about his new book, Lincoln and the Border States: 6:00 p.m. – Banquet and Awards Dinner. $13. Advance Preserving the Union. To register call (816) 701-3400. reservation to William Clarke Quantrill Society, P. O. Mr. Harris was interviewed by telephone on September Box 520123, Independence, MO. Paul Peterson will 23rd by Monroe Dodd on the Walt Bodine Show, KCUR. speak on “Confessions of a Guerrilla Author.” To hear a podcast visit www.kcur.org/waltbodine. Bingham: Not Just An Artist, But A Statesman Clothing and Accoutrements of the Civil War Saturday, October 8, 2011 – 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Thursday, October 6, 2011 – 7:00 p.m. Deck “Between the Bricks” at the Courthouse Exchange, National Frontier Trails Museum, 318 W. Pacific, 113 W. Lexington Ave., Independence, MO. $10 for Independence, MO. Jim Beckner will be showing items adults and $5 for youth 12 and under. Includes box lunch of clothing and weapons of the 1863 Cavalryman. (cash bar available). Tickets available at www.jchs.org Advance registration required at (816) 325-7575. $6.00. (click on “bookshop” or call (816) 461-1897. In case of rain, the event will be moved indoors. Johnny Reb and Billy Yank Saturday, October 8, 2011 – 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. The Jackson County Historical Society recreates the Midwest Genealogy Center, 3440 S. Lee’s Summit political campaign of 1866 in Jackson County, MO. Road, Independence, MO. Living exhibit of both Union This will bring to life ’s election and Confederate soldiers from privates to generals, both series of paintings as well as his candidacy for the U.S. cavalry and artillery. Get an authentic look at the arms House of Representatives. and equipment of the Civil War. To register call (816) 252-7228. Cast includes Judge Michael Manners portraying Judge Minor T. Graham (R) vs. Aaron J. Racine as Milton J. Clay County Fall Homes Tour-Antebellum & Historic Payne (D), Gregg Higginbotham portraying Robert Van Saturday and Sunday, October 8-9, 2011 – 1:00 p.m. to Horn (R) vs. David Bears as James “Jim” Birch (D), 5:00 p.m. Liberty and Gladstone, MO. $10 (cash or Ralph A. Monaco II portraying George Caleb Bingham check). See flyer in newsletter. (D) vs. Joe Hudgens as Joseph W. McClurg (R). Ben Mann will portray Independence Mayor Peter Hinders as 170th Anniversary of Founding of Bates County Master of Ceremonies. Saturday, October 8, 2011 – 10:00 a.m. Bates County Historical Museum, 802 Elks Drive (west Daniel Woodrell at Johnson County (KS) Library of city limits), Butler, MO. Jeremy Neely, author and Saturday, October 8, 2011 – 2:00 p.m. native of Bates County, will speak about The Border Central Resource Library, 9875 W. 87th Street, Overland Between Them: Violence and Reconciliation on the Park, KS. Daniel Woodrell will read from and discuss Kansas-Missouri Line.” A free-will offering for a chili his new book of short stories, The Outlaw Album, and soup lunch will follow the program. An article by including the story that inspired Woe to Live On and the Neely was posted on the New York Times’ online film “Ride with the Devil.” “Disunion.” Old Fashioned Elections William Clarke Quantrill Society Reunion Sunday, October 9, 2011 – 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Saturday, October 8, 2011 – All day. Bus tour of the Alexander Majors House, 8201 State Line Road, Kansas Big Blue and Blue Ridge from 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. City, MO. Hear candidates for the 1866 campaign for from the south side of the Square, Independence, MO. Congress and engage in lively debate about the issues on $12 by reservation to William Clarke Quantrill Society, everyone’s mind following the Civil War. Mingle with P. O. Box 520123, Independence, MO. Sites will be the candidates at a wine and cheese reception. Cost is

3 $10 for adults and $5 for youth, 5 years of age and under “Bloody Bill” Anderson’s Raids in Lafayette County are free. Thursday, October 20, 2011 – 7:00 p.m. Missouri State Archives, 600 W. Main Street, Jefferson Louisa May Alcott: Writer and Abolitionist City, MO. Robert W. Frizzell will share the story of Tuesday, October 11, 2011 – 7:00 p.m. Anderson’s raid on a German farming settlement in Boardwalk Library, 8656 N. Ambassador Drive, Kansas southeast Lafayette County which was little known until City, MO. Meet the historical March family from Little recently when key source material was translated from Women and discover the author and her life and views. German to English.

Civil War Encampment at Park University Civil War Ghost Tours at the Wornall House Saturday and Sunday, October 15-16, 2011 – Mornings Friday and Saturday, Oct. 21-22, 2011 – 6:00 p.m. – Parkville, MO Campus Front Lawn. Free and open to 9:00 p.m. Wornall House, 6115 Wornall Road, Kansas the public. City, MO. Tours start at 7:00, 8:00, and 9:00 p.m. and fill up quickly. Reservations at (816) 444-1858. $15. Chili Cook-off at the James Farm Lantern tours through the house, roasted marshmallows Saturday, October 15, 2011 – 1:00 p.m. in the yard, and Civil War ghost stories with the James Farm, Kearney, MO. and Frank Missouri Irish Brigade reenactors. James (as portrayed by David Bears and Greg Higginbotham) will be the judges and also present a Civil War Tour and Fish Fry-Osceola, MO skit as James and Younger. Live music. For more Saturday, October 22, 2011 – 8:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. info go to www.jessejames.org. South of Osceola on Hwy. 82 for 4 ½ miles, then SE 150 (left, gravel road) for 1 mile to the parking area where Maple Leaf Tours at Black Jack Battlefield tour will begin and the fish fry will be held. $15 for tour Saturday and Sunday, October 15-16, 2011 – Guided and fish fry. See the “Younger Lookout,” Civil War tours at 11:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. 163 E 2000 trenches, sally ports, monuments, and history of St. Clair Road, Wellsville, KS. Free. County. Send reservations to Richard Sunderwirth, P.O. Box 543, Osceola, MO 64776 by October 15th or call The James Gang Raid on Glendale Station him at (417) 646-5538. Sunday, October 16, 2011 – 2:00 p.m. National Frontier Trails Museum, 318 W. Pacific, “The Gathering” for the Battle of Fredericktown Independence, MO. Railroad historian Armin Saturday and Sunday, October 22 and 23, 2011 Schannuth recounts details of this exciting adventure of Fredericktown, MO south of Farmington off I-55. For the notorious James Gang in Independence, MO. Free information visit www.battleoffredericktown.com. with usual admission of $6 for adults, $5 for seniors 62 and older, $3 for youth 6-17, and free for 5 and under. & Frederick Douglass Sunday, October 23, 2011 – 6:00 p.m. Platte County’s Civil War Historic Mt. Gilead Church, 15918 Plattsburg Road, Monday, October 17 – November 23, 2011. Kearney, MO. Kansas City actors Harvey Williams and Exhibit at Campanella Gallery in McAfee Memorial Bill Warren portray Douglass and Lincoln as they Library on Parkville, MO Campus of Park University. wrestle with the best way to abolish slavery and reunite “Platte County’s Civil War” through original artifacts the nation in “The Measure of Great Men.” Free. For and documents. info call Clay County Historic Sites at (816) 736-8502 or go to www.jessejamesmuseum.org. MO/KS Border War Network Meeting Wednesday, October 19, 2011 – 10:00 a.m. Civil War Round Table of Kansas City Bank Building, Missouri City, MO. Tuesday, October 25, 2011 – Dinner at 6:30 p.m. Homestead Country Club, 6510 Mission Road, Prairie Small Slaveholding Households Village, KS. Arnold Schofield: “Thunder in the Thursday, October 20, 2011 – 7:00 p.m. Valleys.” $25. For reservations call Paul Gault at (816) Garrison School Gymnasium, 502 N. Water, Liberty, 741-2962. MO. Dr. Diane Mutti Burke, professor of History at UMKC, will talk about her book, Small Slaveholding Legacies of the Civil War Households, 1815-1865. Sponsored by the Clay County Tuesday, October 25, 2011 – 6:30 p.m. Historical Society. Central Resource Library, 9875 W. 87 Street, Overland Park, KS. Forum called Blood and Ashes: How should

4 we remember the Border War? ( Mike Calvert was a dozen graves related to the Civil War. Along the way interviewed by phone to help prepare a discussion guide “ghosts” in period costumes will tell their stories (watch for this topic.) for Mike Calvert with a beard). Small groups will depart every 15 minutes from 3-6 pm. $10 for adults; children Humboldt in Ashes 13 & under are free. Sponsored by the National Frontier Wednesday, October 26, 2011 – 7:00 p.m. Trails Museum. Rain date Sunday, November 6, 2011. Humboldt Public Library Community Room, 916 Bridge Street, Humboldt, KS. Arnold Schofield, Superintendent Spirits of the Past – Lone Jack, Missouri of the Mine Creek Battlefield, will present the causes Monday, October 31, 2011 – 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and results of the September 8, 1861 raid on Humboldt Lone Jack Battlefield and Cemetery, Lone Jack, MO. by Missouri Bushwhackers and the burning of Humboldt Meet the spirits of Lone Jack residents and soldiers. on October 14, 1861. Silent Auction for Civil War Books and First Year of the Civil War in Missouri Artifacts Thursday, October 26, 2011 – 6:30 p.m. th The Round Table received over $50 in contributions Central Library, 14 W. 10 Street, Kansas City, MO. from the silent auction of books donated by members of Terry Beckenbaugh of the Military History Dept. of the board at the September meeting. In October we are the Command and General Staff College at Fort asking other people to bring items that you no longer Leavenworth will discuss the first year of the need or want and have them available for purchase. The Civil War in Missouri. To register call (816) 701-3400. items will be on display before the meeting and during

the break for silent bidding (raising the bid of the Women in Missouri during the Civil War previous bidder on a sheet of paper). Bring a little extra Thursday, October 27, 2011 – 7:00 p.m. cash and you might take home a real treasure. Grandview Library, 12930 Booth Lane, Grandview,

MO. Barbara Hughes portrays Laura Flanery in a vignette as a woman forced out of her home who walked Nominations for Officers and to Texas. Other selected women’s stories will be shared Board Members through PowerPoint, music and historic replicas. To In October we have the opportunity to advance register call (816) 763-0550. candidates for our annual election in November. Mike Calvert has asked that present officers and board Friday Night Family Night with a Civil War Undertaker members let him know if they do NOT want to be Friday, October 28, 2011 – 6:30 p.m. Plaza Library, considered for election. We have room on the board for 4801 Main Street, Kansas City, MO. Lee Ward portrays some new members so if you have considered this as a an 1860s era undertaker. Learn about “proper” way of becoming more involved, please let Mike know mourning costumes. Children will create Victorian by calling him at (816) 898-2603 or by E-mail at Halloween crafts with materials provided. Sponsored by [email protected]. The board meetings are held every Wornall House. To register call (816) 701-3481. two months on the 3rd Wednesday night of the month at the home of Beverly Shaw in Independence. Annual Meeting of the Monnett Fund Saturday, October 29, 2011 – 10:00 a.m. Battle of Civil War Sources Westport Visitor Center and Museum in . Our webmaster, Steve Hatcher, does an excellent job of Persons interested in the Civil War and the Battle of updating our website (www.cwrtwm.org) to keep it Westport are welcome. Refreshments provided. topical and interesting. On the home page he has a short article about the Battle Reenactment of Blue Mills Gov. Claiborne Fox Jackson’s Capitol in Exile- Landing (Battle of Liberty) and links to the video of the Cassville, MO, Saturday, October 29, 2011 – 10:30 a.m. event done by Tony Meyers. You can also go to the links Cassville, Missouri. Living history of Gov. Claiborne on Other Sites and Organizations to see some of Len Fox Jackson’s Legislature in Exile from October 31 Eagleburger’s weekly updates of Civil War stories in the through Nov. 7, 1861. Dr. William Piston from press all over the U. S. Steve also posts our Border Star Missouri State University will be the narrator. calendar so that you can see what is happening locally.

Ghosts of the Civil War The current (Fall 2011) issue of Missouri Resources Sunday, October 30, 2011 – 3:00 – 6:00 p.m. published by the Missouri Department of Natural Woodlawn Cemetery, 701 S. Noland Road, Resources has an article called “Civil War Independence, MO. Hour long guided tour of more than Sesquicentennial” by Tom Uhlenbrock. He highlights 5 the major Civil War sites in Missouri which saw more along Gillham Road in Kansas City was missing. The battles than all but Virginia and Tennessee. He also Jackson County Historical Society Archives is building a points you to the website of the Missouri Civil War database which is intended to be incorporated into a commission: www.mocivilwar150.com which lists virtual map online to aid residents and visitors in touring locations and a schedule of events. Another article in the these significant places. They started with veteran/ same issue talks about prismatic tiles such as those in the military markers and posted the results at front of the Clay County Museum in Liberty. The article www.jchs.org/monuments. If you want to be sure your is called “Lighting the Way, Principles from the Past.” favorites are on the list, send the details (especially the title/theme and location to [email protected]. The Civil Beverly Shaw has been enjoying the Summer 2011 issue War Round Table of Western Missouri intends to of Today from the University of Central Missouri. It publish a second volume of our “Memorials” guidebook featured an article called “Forgotten No More” about to include new memorials and monuments that were not Francis Marion Cockrell, commander of the Missouri part of our first book which also needs to be reprinted. Confederate Brigade and a lawyer from Warrensburg, You can send your suggestions for our second Missouri. She had been aware of the Cockrell name “Monuments” book by E-mail to Beverly Shaw at because of the Cockrell Mercantile store off 50 Highway [email protected] or call her at (816) 225-7944. near Lee’s Summit. An alumnus named Philip Thomas Tucker has written a new book about Cockrell. See the Unique Pair of Cannons on Display in entire article at www.ucmo.edu/today. You may also St. Louis want to read about Cockrell at this website, The Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site in south St. www.cockrellmercantile.com. Louis County unveiled two Civil War era cannons on

September 17, 2011. These 24-pounder siege and In the weekend issue of the Independence Examiner of garrison howitzer cannons are unique in that they are September 17-19, 2011, reporter Jeff Fox has ten tips for sequentially numbered. They symbolize Grant’s “Plenty of Civil War history to explore in your determination and tenacity and have belonged to the backyard.” He mentions the battles at Lexington, Lone Busch family since the early 1900s and will be on Jack, Westport, and the First and Second Battles of display in the park through the Civil War Independence. You can even take a weekend and hit the Sesquicentennial. The Historic Site is located at 7400 road to Wilson’s Creek near Springfield or go to Grant Road and is open 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. daily. Jefferson City to see “A House Dividing” at the

Missouri State Museum at the state Capitol. Pictured in th the article is a sweetgum mortar that survived the war. Kingdom’s 150 While at the Capitol, you can take in other exhibits, The October/November issue of Missouri Life magazine plaques, busts, paintings, and mementos. has an article “The Prince behind the Kingdom of Callaway.” It begins by saying that “Missouri has 113 On the second floor you can see paintings depicting the counties but only one kingdom – the Kingdom of Battle of Wilson’s Creek and the Battle of Westport. Callaway. That enduring nickname dates back 150 For a beautiful color reproduction of the paintings you years, to when ragtag Callaway County volunteers stared can go to the Kansas City Star Magazine of September down Union militia and exacted a non-invasion ‘treaty.’ 4th to see the article “Show Me the Murals.” The The rebels were led by a local political figure, Col. Missouri State Archives has also mounted a traveling Jefferson Franklin Jones.” exhibit called “Divided Loyalties: Civil War Documents from the Missouri State Archives” which will be at the Callaway watched with alarm in September 1861, as St. Joseph Museum this fall and then come to the thousands of Union troops arrived at Jefferson City to National Archives in Kansas City from January through defend the provisional Union government there. Troops March 2012. under Col. Jones magnified their appearance of strength by fashioning two or three Quaker guns (logs painted to Are Historical Memorials Endangered? resemble a cannon) and one handmade oak cannon, a fearful instrument of carnage. Jones asserted that his David Jackson, archivist for the Jackson County command was “not assembled in the interest of the Historical Society, posed this question in his column in Southern Confederacy” and was able to negotiate a truce the Examiner for the weekend of September 17-19, with Union forces on October 26, 1861, so that they did 2011. He noted that historical memorials and markers not enter Callaway County. Coincidentally, the day after are being defaced and stolen in the metropolitan area. Jones’s men returned home, Gov. Claiborne Fox He recently discovered that an overland trail-related Jackson’s General Assembly in Neosho passed an marker once affixed to a large boulder in Hyde Park ordinance of secession. A month later the Confederate 6 Congress would accept Missouri as the 12th Confederate Abolitionist John Brown has been added to the list of state, and Missouri would be represented in both the most honored Kansans even though he did not live in U. S. and Confederate Congresses. Kansas for most of his life. The announcement was made by Gov. Sam Brownback at the Shawnee Indian On September 30, 2011 at 5 pm at the Kingdom of Mission in August 2011. On August 3, 2011 an Callaway Historical Museum, 513 Court St., Fulton, interview on KCUR-FM radio was conducted near the Missouri, a blue-gray muster will unveil special displays life-size statue of John Brown at the corner of Sewell such as a replica of Col. Jones’s house to initiate a Avenue and 27th Street in Kansas City, Kansas near the month’s “Kingdom of Callaway” 150th anniversary Quindaro Ruins. The statue is pictured in our events. On October 22 at 11 am a new panel on the “Monuments” book but now needs some work. Jesse Gray Ghosts Trail will be dedicated at Crane’s Museum, Hope III who runs a nearby museum in the house of the Williamsburg, Missouri. For more information go to former caretaker of the statue says, “It’s missing its nose www.callawaycivilwar.org. and its scroll, and the coat’s broke. But it’s still – I know who it is, it’s John Brown.” News about Members and Friends The Round Table extends its condolences to the family Mike Calvert’s letter from the president in the August, and friends of Kathleen Tuohey who passed away 2011 Border Star was picked up by Freedom’s Frontier’s August 28, 2011. We made a contribution to the blog, facebook, and twitter. His letter dealt with the Jackson County Archives in her memory. Kathleen is value of battlefield tourism and used Wilson’s Creek as best remembered for her work at the Pitcher Cemetery, a prime example. Our Round Table was also highlighted but she also helped the Round Table this spring to help and we thank Julie McPike. map our Lewis-Gregg Cemetery. We thank Mary Lyn and Charles Childs for the Congratulations to our friends at the Bates County delicious cake for refreshments at the September Historical Society and Museum for being able to meeting. Mary Lyn has started a new job as community liaison with the Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care transfer their old museum property to the Bates County nd Sheriff’s Posse to become the Bates County Law at 92 and Ward Parkway, Kansas City, Missouri. Her Enforcement Historical Museum. The old museum was E-mail address is [email protected]. built in 1894 and was the Bates County Sheriff’s residence and jail. The property includes a small log Chris Cooper should receive a commendation from the cabin, a barn, and the Lindsey Stagecoach Depot. Missouri Archaeological Society and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources for sharing numerous Jim Beckner gave a bus tour for the Grandview copies of the beautiful color poster announcing that Historical Society on September 12, 2011 to visit 22 of September is archaeology month and that this year’s the 33 markers of the Battle of Westport as well as the theme is “The Civil War in Missouri.” Many members Swope Park Interpretive Center and the Trailside Center took copies to post at museums, but Chris likely has at 99th and Holmes where a special display is set up in an extras which would be suitable for display. On one side old bank vault. is an engraving titled “Brilliant Charge of General Fremont’s Bodyguard through the town of Springfield, The Readorama in the July 31, 2011 issue of the Kansas Missouri, on October 25, 1861” which appeared in City Star gave a good review of a new children’s book Harper’s Weekly. about Abraham Lincoln called My Best Friend, Able Lincoln: A Tale of Two Boys from Indiana. The author, The Civil War Trust has announced the winners of the Robert Bloch lives in Mission Hills, Kansas and comes 2011 Civil War Photography Contest, and we have a by his interest in Lincoln because his great-great- winner from the Civil War Round Table of Kansas City. grandfather, Jonas Wollman, a Leavenworth merchant, Michael Epstein, who is retiring as their newsletter was among those who wrote to Lincoln and invited him editor, won in the Then and Now category for his picture to visit the Kansas Territory which he did in 1859. “Pittsburgh Landing, Shiloh.” Another tie to Lincoln is that in 1999 Bloch discovered near Weston the barely readable gravestone of Mary Sharron Gregg has been editor of the newsletter for the Owens Vineyard, a woman to whom Lincoln once Jackson County Genealogical Society and has recently proposed. She declined and later, after marrying Jesse received a promotion as editor of their quarterly journal. Vineyard of , came with him to Platte County. She would like to share Civil War family stories with Bloch paid to have a new marker placed on her grave in relatives’ names listed, and she is asking for your input Pleasant Ridge Cemetery. which is more personal than just mining the indexes. 7 You can reach her at [email protected]. battlefields for the same reason we have saved Sharron also volunteers at the Frontier Trails Museum Independence Hall and Mt. Vernon, so that future and gives historic quilting classes. We think that she is generations can understand what happened here.” He also related to the Gregg family of our Lewis-Gregg continues, “Those soldiers who sacrificed their lives, Cemetery, but we need to follow that further. those American veterans, deserve our recognition and Our long distance member, Nancy Hitt, from Kentucky, thanks. The battlegrounds they fought over and died on has been busy honoring a Prussian volunteer in Mosby’s should be protected for all of us to appreciate and lay Rangers of the Confederate States of America. On July honor to their struggles.” 30, 2011 she gave a speech at the Spring Hill Cemetery at Harrodsburg which dedicated a marker in memory of Liz Murphy received an envelope containing old Baron Robert von Massow who was buried in Germany postcards that appeared to be World War I soldiers with but whose grave was damaged by Allied bombs. a smattering of either Civil War or Cuba vets. Someone passed these along at a recent meeting and asked if Liz Our member Jim Howk presented a program on the could find anything out about them. Liz got so engrossed Louisiana Purchase on September 8th at the Trailside in looking at the cards that she did not get the name of Center where he has previously given a series of Civil the person who brought them. Would that person please War talks. E-mail Liz at [email protected] or call her at (816) 580-4002. In addition to the many programs that Barbara Hughes is giving this month at various branches of the Mid- Congratulations to Steve Warren, a new member who Continent libraries, she also participated in the teacher has not been able to attend a meeting yet, on the showing appreciation day at the Truman Library and will give her of his Civil War documentary “Last Raid at Cabin Mary Lobb program to the Stone Church Gather Inn Creek” at the Tulsa Gilcrease Museum’s fall film Senior Citizens on September 27th. festival on September 18. Using historic photographs, documents, on-site narration, re-enactments and Reporter Lee Hill Kavanaugh wrote an excellent article drawings, the film focuses on the last battle of the Civil about the Lexington, Missouri re-enactment which she War in on September 19, 1864. It was a called “Battle of the Hemp Bales thrills re-enactors” in daring and brilliant raid on a Union supply train at Cabin the September 19th issue of the Kansas City Star. In a Creek in the Cherokee Nation near present-day previous article, however, in the interest of veracity, she Pensacola in which 2,000 Texas and Indian troops had to disclose that the hemp bales for the event were captured 130 wagons and 740 mules. The film is also really made of hay because hemp is hard to come by available at www.Amazon.com. these days. Ted Stillwell wrote for the Examiner on August 31st that “Rebels take cover behind hemp bales, The Round Table was finally able to meet Bill Worley win battle.” at our September meeting when he spoke about General Grant. Bill is known as a history teacher, an author, and Harriett Lionberger and Charlotte Tindall were a student of Kansas City history. When the Kansas City missed at the September meeting and regretted not being Star needs a pithy comment from an historical able to hear Bill Worley talk about General Grant. perspective, Bill is their go-to guy. An example is the Harriett recently had a little toe removed and while in September 18th issue which talked about the opening of the hospital injured her other leg so she is not doing the Kauffman Center and the other recent building much tap dancing these days. Our best wishes go to both projects in Kansas City. Bill commented, “As for and we hope to see them soon. Kansas City’s ‘Next Big Thing,’ don’t hold your breath. Realistically, there’s almost certainly going to be a lull.” Congratulations to the Lone Jack Historical Society and its partner, Freedom’s Frontier National Heritage Congratulations to the Wornall House Museum in Area, for a $55,000 grant from the American Battlefield paying off its mortgage to the Jackson County Historical Protection Program to create a preservation plan for the Society. They are having a Mortgage Burning and red Lone Jack Battlefield. Currently only five of the 945 hot Gourmet Dinner Party on September 30th to acres of the battlefield are preserved by Jackson County celebrate. They are also looking forward to supporting Parks and Recreation. The historical society operates the their new responsibility, a second house museum – the museum and interprets the history. Jim Lighthizer, Alexander Majors House. president of the protection program, says “We don’t need to save every square foot where Robert E. Lee’s horse pooped, but we need to preserve these major

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Don’t Miss

The Clay County Museum and Historical Society’s

26th Annual Historic Homes Tour 2011 Clay County, Missouri

We are again having a FALL TOUR rather than a Christmas Tour

Saturday, October 8th – 1:00pm to 5:00pm Sunday, October 9th – 1:00pm to 5:00pm

Tickets $10, cash or check only, please

Antebellum and Historic Homes on the Tour are:

Atkins-Johnson House Smith House Former Phi Gamma Delta House 6508 N Jackson 328 W Kansas 155 S Leonard Gladstone, MO Liberty, MO Liberty, MO

Shadow Lawn Former Sigma Nu House 704 Nashua Road 36 Moss Liberty, MO Liberty, MO

Tickets will be sold starting September 6 at:

Clay County Museum, 14 N. Main, Liberty Crybaby Farm, 9 N. Water, Liberty James Country Mercantile, 111 N. Main, Liberty Smithville Historical Museum, 210 N. Bridge, Smithville

The Clay County Museum and Historical Society’s annual Historic Homes Tour serves as a vital and important fundraiser for the organization. We hope to see you on the tour this year!

For more information contact: Carolyn Hatcher at the Stone-Yancey House B&B: 816-415-0066 Karen Wells: 816-429-5165 www.claycountymuseum.org

In Partnership with Clay County MO Tourism A Discussion Guide for Legacies of the Civil War: A Johnson County Library Issues and Engagement Forum

BLOOD & ASHES: How should we remember the border war?

Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011 • 6:30 p.m. Central Resouce Library 9875 W. 87th St., Overland Park, KS 66212